Meaning of "*" in Windows 7 Explorer Search?
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Published on 2012-05-16T11:16:00Z
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I have a folder containing files like
radiobutton-clicked.png
radiobutton-foobar.png
radiobutton-foobarbaz.png
... etc.
This is what happens when I search in Windows Explorer:
radio: all files foundradio*: all files found*button: all files found*radiobutton*: all files foundradiobutton*: no resultsradiobutton: no resultsradio*button: all files found
So what the hell does the * precisely do? Is there some documentation on this?
And why does radio and radio*button work as a search term, but radiobutton not?
Edit:
I know that * is usually supposed to be a wildcard matching 0 or more characters. But obviously it doesn't in this case.
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